1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 1:18 PM CST, 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 218 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .DISCUSSION... MAIN CONCERNS ARE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER THE FIRST 24 HOURS. THE COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY POSITIONED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE CWA...WHILE MAIN MID-LEVEL TROUGH WAS LOCATED FURTHER NORTHWEST OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHWEST MISSOURI. ONGOING CONVECTION WILL RUN ITS COURSE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH PRIMARY WIND DAMAGE THREAT ACROSS THE EVANSVILLE TRI STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVY RAIN MORE OF A PROBLEM IN TRAILING BAND OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIP OF ILLINOIS. LARGE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THIS CONVECTION WILL LIKELY SCOUR OUT THE AIRMASS OVER ALL BUT FAR WESTERN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. MODELS ARE OF LITTLE USE TODAY...SO WILL HAVE TO GO IT ALONE FOR TONIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF THIS AFTERNOONS CONVECTION THERE WILL BE A WEDGE OF UNSTABLE SURFACE AIR LEFT OVER SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. SEEING NO SIGN OF NEW CONVECTION TO THE NORTHWEST OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI...DO NOT THINK MUCH OF THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION DEVELOPING ON THE HEELS OF THE ONGOING STUFF. WILL TRY TO FOCUS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL OVER WESTERN ZONES TONIGHT...WITH A MORE GENERAL PRECIPITATION THREAT OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...SIMILAR TO WHAT IS GOING ON OVER NORTHERN ILLINOIS RIGHT NOW. MAY TWEAK POPS DOWN TO LIKELY FOR TONIGHT...BUT WILL NOT MAKE ANY RADICAL CHANGES AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERAL UPDATES THROUGH THE EVENING TO DEAL WITH THE WATCH AND LATEST CONVECTIVE TRENDS. THE PRIMARY AREA OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 12Z SATURDAY...BUT THERE WILL BE SOME POTENTIAL FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA...MAINLY EARLY SATURDAY. WILL LEAVE THE 20-30 POPS GOING FOR SATURDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES BEYOND SATURDAY. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && DRS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-221630- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 1125 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA TODAY. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREATS...WITH SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A LINGERING CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY... HOWEVER...NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVIATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
144 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG DAISY 37.52N 89.79W
07/21/2006 CAPE GIRARDEAU MO DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
3 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
151 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT VERNON 38.32N 88.91W
07/21/2006 JEFFERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON I-57...TREES DOWN...MODULAR
HOMES BLOWN ACROSS INTERSTATE
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG ELDORADO 37.81N 88.44W
07/21/2006 SALINE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN BETWEEN EL DORADO AND CARRIER MILLS AND
RALIEGH
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
239 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S HENDERSON 37.80N 87.58W
07/21/2006 HENDERSON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
POWERLINES DOWN NEAR CHANDLER SCHOOL ROAD AND HWY 60
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
240 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0213 PM TSTM WND GST UNIONTOWN 37.77N 87.93W
07/21/2006 E60 MPH UNION KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
249 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG SEDGEWICKVILLE 37.52N 89.91W
07/21/2006 BOLLINGER MO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY.
0210 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT VERNON 37.94N 87.90W
07/21/2006 POSEY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
0239 PM TSTM WND DMG BURNA 37.26N 88.39W
07/21/2006 LIVINGSTON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TWO TREES DOWN ON HWY 60 1.5 MILES EAST OF
BURNA...ESTIMATED 40-45 MPH WINDS
0245 PM TSTM WND GST ROBARDS 37.69N 87.56W
07/21/2006 E0.00 MPH HENDERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
50 TO 60 MPH WINDS ESTIMATED
&&
JGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
256 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG UNIONTOWN 37.77N 87.93W
07/21/2006 UNION KY TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE TREE DOWN
0245 PM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
07/21/2006 HENDERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
ESTIMATED 60-65 MPH WIND DAMAGE...NEIGHBORS FENCE BLOWN
DOWN.
0254 PM TSTM WND DMG HENDERSON 37.84N 87.58W
07/21/2006 HENDERSON KY TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL TREES DOWN...SOME ACROSS TRAIN TRACKS
&&
JGThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were blown down countywide, especially northwest and south of Madisonville. A tree was down across power lines in Dawson Springs.
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